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On This Day in HistorySat, 11 Apr 2009 13:19:20 +0000
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By: patriciahysell https://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/what-is-history/#comment-7
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:19:20 +0000http://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/?page_id=28#comment-7Thanks, I’ve enjoyed the writing process for these essay and learned so much as I’ve moved forward. Daily updates are coming.

We learn about the big picture in school, but the small background stories contain so much more color. Each little tidbit adds to the rich tapestry we call “history.”

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By: Fred https://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/what-is-history/#comment-2
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:06:35 +0000http://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/?page_id=28#comment-2Hi Patricia, I like your niche & the choice you made to observe the little things that oftentimes are simply invisible as the “background noise”… What amazes me, studying History is how fast man forgets how life was at that moment in time.
For example, some archaeologists found 70,000 beads in Florida & estimated them to be 400 years old – from that he inferred that they were used or international trade & from their origin, that China, Spain and France traded goods at that place… How is it possible that 400 years has erased our memory?

New things appear and soon become part of the landscape, as if they had always been there. Here is a little piece that you will like and because I have nowhere else to place it, I’ll leave it there for you:
Did you know that the expression putting things on the right track, or back on track, only appeared after the invention of the train?